Poless

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female Pole; a Polish woman. archaic, rare

    "What was more to the purpose, he seems to have amended his conduct he had married while at Posen; his wife, a fair Poless, was possessed of many graces, and of contentment and submissiveness without limit; […]"

Example

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"What was more to the purpose, he seems to have amended his conduct he had married while at Posen; his wife, a fair Poless, was possessed of many graces, and of contentment and submissiveness without limit; […]"

Etymology

From Pole + -ess.

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